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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Second Innings Most Likely for Infosys Co-founder Nandan Nilekani

Infosys
co-founder Nandan Nilekani is likely to return to helm the IT giant, according
to media reports.

However,
clarity on the status of Nilekani's specific role will be clearer in another 48
hours.

Meanwhile,
the buzz of Nandan Nilekani's return to Infosys led to the company's shares
rise as much as 3%.

Many
domestic institutional investors including ICICI Prudential Asset Management,
HDFC Asset Management, Birla Sun Life AMC among others, had written to Infosys
board to bring former chief executive Nandan Nilekani back to take care of the
firm in turbulent times after Vishal Sikka's resignation as MD and CEO.

Nandan
Nilekani was among the seven founders that set up Infosys more than three
decades ago and served as its CEO between March 2002 to April 2007. Later in
2009, Nilekani had left the firm to head the Unique Identification Authority of
India (UIDAI).

According to a moneycontrol.com report,
the Nilekani family owes a 2.29% stake in Infosys, as per the quarter ended
June this year.

Earlier
in the day, Narayana Murthy postponed a scheduled conference with the company's
investors. The said conference will now reportedly be held on August 29.